aërated
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“aërated” is listed under Aerate.
A′ër·ate (…), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Aërated (…); present participle & verbal noun Aërating (…).]
Origin: Cf. F. aérer. See Air, transitive verb
1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains.— Thomas Carlyle
2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water.
3. Physiology To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
4. cause a change by passing air through (of sewage) Syn. — activate
Aërated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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